Counting Crows - Cover Up The Sun Lyrics

Cover Up the Sun

Colorado passes by like writing on a wall
Headed eastward down to New Orleans
Dipping into Texas as the stars are fading out
And there's still a lot of country in between

When I left California, I was 29 years old
And the world just spun me around
Now I watched Louisiana scroll across the window pane
And I'm facing the direction I am bound

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Cover up the sun, let the river run
Make that water run and wash me away

(Verse)
Me, Clifton, and the king of cats all sat down in the road
Pedro said, "Boys, we're three of kind"
He said I sat with river rats and I hung my hat with diplomats
Had four brothers once upon a time

He said they tore the country far away from the Rio Grande
And the road just wore them down
So they bought a house beside a lake, outside of New Orleans
And they stared in the direction of the escalating sound

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Cover up the gun, let the river run
Take this good man's son and wash him away

(Verse)
Well, Sister Indecipherable is talking to a wall
Back in New York City, she's a queen
Well, resurrect or genuflect
She saves the one she can't protect
Keeps the chapel Pris', if not Sis' tine

She drinks Absinthe mixed with Kerosene to keep herself upright
But the world still brings her down
If you can't keep your shit together when God is on your side
What chance do you have when He's not around?

(Chorus)
Cover up the sun, make that water run
Let the river come and take me away

(Verse)
People of the Mardi Gras, in their Tuesday best
Waiting for the South to rise again
Children of Geronimo grieving for the West
Feather dressed and marching their refrain

And in the dark of Armstrong Park, the marching bands ascend
But they never make a sound
Just a quiet prayer for Congo Square
The silent conversation there
The night to rest our eyes in
We just look to the horizon for the change

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Cover up the sun, let the river run
I pray the water comes and wash me away

Carved in the sky, I'll make that diesel fly
Come on, just lay me down to die, and just take me away

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